Louisiana Severe Weather Threat Ramping Up Again on Tuesday

The past two weeks have brought a lot of volatile weather to Louisiana. There have been tornadoes near Alexandria, flooding near Shreveport, and microburst wind damage in Youngsville, and that's just what happened over the weekend and Monday.

And while we do have some good weather news for you, the fact is that all but a tiny sliver of Louisiana, mainly along the coast, is at risk for more big thunderstorms today. Some of those storms could reach severe limits. Already this morning showers and storms have been peppering central and northern Louisiana and some of that convective activity has slipped southward toward I-10

That's a look at the National Weather Service Radar as of 0200 Tuesday Morning. That's quite active for this time of day. You usually don't see showers and thunderstorm activity that is not associated with a frontal system being this robust during the late night/early morning hours.

According to the Storm Prediction Center, you can see their graphic and map below, most of northern and central Louisiana is at a slight risk of severe storms while the remainder of the state, basically US 190 southward toward the Gulf Coast is listed as being under a marginal risk for severe storms.

As far as the forecast for southern Louisiana goes, the rain chances are way down compared to what forecasters were suggesting for over the weekend. The rain probability for cities such as Lake Charles and Lafayette listed as 10% to 20% for mainly afternoon thunderstorms.

Rain probabilities are a bit higher the further north you go in the state. But once the threat of organized thunderstorms moves away from the state, the National Weather Service says that will happen on Wednesday, we can then start to be really concerned about the heat and the heat index or feels like temperature.

The forecast for Wednesday and Thursday projects afternoon high temperatures to reach into the middle 90s. That would mean heat indices for the I-10 corridor to be anywhere from 100 to 105 degrees. And it does look as if the oppressive temperatures will persist into the weekend.